穸
xī

the gloom of the grave a tomb or grave

A dark 夕 cave 穴; 夕 also provides the pronunciation

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
夕
夕 SoundMeaning component
xī evening

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangljaːɡ

說文解字

窀穸也。从穴夕聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)